ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,538, issued on June 23, was assigned to NEVADOS ENGINEERING INC. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Articulating joint solar panel array" was invented by Yezin Taha (San Francisco) and Norman Xiao (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing and controlling solar panel arrays are provided. The solar panel array may include one or more articulating joints that may provide variability in the arrangement of solar panels, which may allow the solar panel array to be distributed over varying types of underlying surfaces. The articulating joints may allow orientations of solar panels to be different relative to one anoth...